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stay tuned for clarification from the white house on obama care and what is really the key. plus the sr bing pulse highlights. me a lot of time. after reading all the reviews i know i'm making the right choice. online or on the phone, we help you hire right the first time. with honest reviews on over 720 local services. keeping up with these two is more than a full time job, and i don't have time for unreliable companies. angie's list definitely saves me time and money. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today. >>> here are the bing pulse highlights people agreed with steve taking counsel the web site taking down the web site. the math of obama care will not work. all parties agreed with julie that the president has endangered the trust of the american people have had n. him there was high agreement when steve asserted trying to make people feel better without making a difference. total votes tonight 227,000. we talked about all uproar over the president's promise if you liked your healthcare you could keep your healthcare pl
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none of these experts are using obama care. so it's -- in effect, it's their public bathroom. >> somebody else will have to clean it up. >> exactly. >> bob, was it taken this weekend that the administration, the white house, did lie to the american? >> i spent every waking hour myself reading about this and absorbing everything i could on it. >> you should. >> i didn't spend a minute on it. no, listen, my assumption is, somebody certainly did, no question about that. i still get back to this point that ezekiel did not quite get it outright. if you had a policy and you demanded that you keep it with the insurance companies, you would have had it. insurance company changed it on you. >> that is what the white house has tried, kimberly, over the last several days, which is try to say, don't blame us, all we're trying to do is provide insurance for everybody. blame the insurance companies. they're the ones who changed the policy. they changed it because they were asked to and required to under the law. >> they weren't required, tha
none of these experts are using obama care. so it's -- in effect, it's their public bathroom. >> somebody else will have to clean it up. >> exactly. >> bob, was it taken this weekend that the administration, the white house, did lie to the american? >> i spent every waking hour myself reading about this and absorbing everything i could on it. >> you should. >> i didn't spend a minute on it. no, listen, my assumption is, somebody certainly did, no question...
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my guess julie is folks at the white house are not laughing. how concerned are they about this rollout? not just the website but the whole deal. what is their biggest concern? >> that they are in this holding pattern. no one expects the website will be fixed over the next couple of days. november 30 seems like a fairly conservative estimate by some accounts. all we're seeing now is more website problems and more problems with the actual policy. if the conversation switches to the policy away from the website that becomes even more dangerous. there's nothing that they can say to refute that now because people can't log on to the website. they can't see what kind of payments they're going to be making. all they're having to deal with is criticism not just from republicans but democrats. >> a promise that wasn't a promise? >> they feel like that was maybe a risk they took at the time and now they're having to take a hit for it but it was worth it given the amount of criticism they were taking early on for the law. it has certainly come back to hau
my guess julie is folks at the white house are not laughing. how concerned are they about this rollout? not just the website but the whole deal. what is their biggest concern? >> that they are in this holding pattern. no one expects the website will be fixed over the next couple of days. november 30 seems like a fairly conservative estimate by some accounts. all we're seeing now is more website problems and more problems with the actual policy. if the conversation switches to the policy...
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bill: chief white house correspondent ed henry has more. what an interview that was yesterday with chris wallace. sounds like the white house is trying to modify the line about whether you can keep your insurance plan what is it thing today? >> you are right, it is a new iteration about what has been faced in terms of credibility. but the president saying that he sold his health care a lot and basically said if you like your plan you get to keep it and we've now found out that is not true for everyone and yesterday, dan pfeiffer, one of his top advisers sort of shifted the conversation yet again. >> the point is that if you had a plan and that hasn't been changed or canceled, you can keep it. >> those are the kinds of caviar for the president did not use years ago when he sold it and the bottom line is that this has been going on for at least a couple of weeks and not just a website problem at all, but a credibility question and they are going to have to work hard to sort of turn the page on us and something they haven't been able to do and
bill: chief white house correspondent ed henry has more. what an interview that was yesterday with chris wallace. sounds like the white house is trying to modify the line about whether you can keep your insurance plan what is it thing today? >> you are right, it is a new iteration about what has been faced in terms of credibility. but the president saying that he sold his health care a lot and basically said if you like your plan you get to keep it and we've now found out that is not true...
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now the white house says, they will not meet their target of nearly 500,000 enrollments one. >> i can promise you the first enrollment numbers released later this month will not be where we want them to be. no question about that. the website has not worked the way we want to work. we take responsibility for that. take responsibility for the errors. and take responsibility for fixing it. if we get the website working as we expect to do by the end of the month we think it will be in a good place. >> reporter: one man in south carolina created that account unknowingly had the information transmitted to random stranger until the stranger left him a voice mail. now laak makers are worried problems like that could get a lot worse. >> the real threat to the systems when you have nation states and organized crime groups and criminals trying to get information now available on these websites, they need to take the site down, stablize it. >> reporter: this weekend we also heard democratic senator dianne feinstein say she told the white house chief of staff that the website should come down com
now the white house says, they will not meet their target of nearly 500,000 enrollments one. >> i can promise you the first enrollment numbers released later this month will not be where we want them to be. no question about that. the website has not worked the way we want to work. we take responsibility for that. take responsibility for the errors. and take responsibility for fixing it. if we get the website working as we expect to do by the end of the month we think it will be in a good...
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the white house remains under fire because of president obama's promise that if americans liked their health insurance plan, they could keep it. but according to the associated press, at least 3.5 million americans have already been issued cancellation notices from their health insurance provid s providers. that number is likely to go up as data from half the states still remains unavailable. and there is a report white house officials debated the health care pledge back in 2009 in the likelihood that every american would in fact be able to keep their coverage. yesterday former white house adviser david axelrod defendeded the president on "meet the press". >> why did not you or somebody else say to him, mr. president, don't say no matter what you're going to keep your health care plan? was that bad practice? >> hindsight is 20/20. >> that's why you're there. >> the vast majority of americans, that statement will hold true for. for this small group, it hasn't. but the calamitous thing is that the website wasn't up because many of those people who have to transition will get better insu
the white house remains under fire because of president obama's promise that if americans liked their health insurance plan, they could keep it. but according to the associated press, at least 3.5 million americans have already been issued cancellation notices from their health insurance provid s providers. that number is likely to go up as data from half the states still remains unavailable. and there is a report white house officials debated the health care pledge back in 2009 in the...
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. >> look, left to their own device, the white house, the state department, hillary clinton, barak obama themselves would lead you to believe it was a video gone awry. that never, ever happened. it was never, ever true. we were sold a lie and it wasn't true. there are people like this and colonel wood and others who had foreshadowed the fact that this was probably going to happen because they did attack the red cross. they did have an assassination attempt. they did foreshadow they were going to attack america and then they did for the third time. >> do you believe the white house fed the "washington post" that story? >> i don't know who did it, but to release a covert agent's name to endanger his life should be an absolute outrage in this town. if they want to get to the truth, release the documents for the interview that he had the day after the attack and the interview that he had at his home a few days after that. if you want to be open and transparent, release those documents and i think you'll find a different story. >> do you think the state department was more likely to leak it?
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at the white house, press secretary jay carney said obama never consider dropping biden from the ticket. >> what i can tell you without a doubt is that the president never considered that and had anyone brought that idea to him, he wouldn't have -- would have laughed at out of the room. >> on sunday, president obama campaign in virginia for democratic candidate terry mcauliffe ahead of tuesday's gubernatorial election. he is squaring off against republican convention alley, virginia's attorney general. obama seized on the anti-to the recent government shutdown in his remarks. >> you have seen some extreme faction of the republican party that has shown again and again and again that they are willing to hijack the entire party and the country and the economy and grind progress to an absolute halt if they don't get 100% of what they want. [boos] this isn't just speculation, we saw it last month. here in virginia you felt the pain of the first government shutdown in 17 years. and there are a lot of states that felt more of the pain then folks right here in virginia. -- and there aren't a lo
at the white house, press secretary jay carney said obama never consider dropping biden from the ticket. >> what i can tell you without a doubt is that the president never considered that and had anyone brought that idea to him, he wouldn't have -- would have laughed at out of the room. >> on sunday, president obama campaign in virginia for democratic candidate terry mcauliffe ahead of tuesday's gubernatorial election. he is squaring off against republican convention alley,...
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earlier, to wait until just months after president obama's election. medicare's top risk analyst, it was the president's most significant domestic policy achievement and the very aides that pushed the law through congress were risking bad implementation for a short-term political gain. regarding the president's infamous promise if you like it, you can keep it, some white house policy advisers objected to the breadth of keep your plan, they were overruled. in recent days, current aides have downplayed or dismissed the damage of those words. >> the vast majority of americans that statement will hold true. for this small group of americans it hasn't. the calamitous thing here the website wasn't up. many of those people who have to transition will get better insurance for less money but they can't tell now. >> any debate regarding the president's statement ever took place. >> i don't recall significant discussions around some of the verbiage on this to be 100% honest with you. >> do you agree it was a wrong move? >> certainly. >> one former senior administ
earlier, to wait until just months after president obama's election. medicare's top risk analyst, it was the president's most significant domestic policy achievement and the very aides that pushed the law through congress were risking bad implementation for a short-term political gain. regarding the president's infamous promise if you like it, you can keep it, some white house policy advisers objected to the breadth of keep your plan, they were overruled. in recent days, current aides have...
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get it out ahead of time. >> in terms of the obama white house, they want to continue being vindictive and leaks, it's editor@weeklystandard.com. i would be happy. next time, bill clinton and president obama play golf, whichever each one -- whatever they each say when they -- >> i don't think there will be a next time. but there is also a 2016 manifestation to this. a democrat said something, hillary is probably going to run and if she does, the tension between the obama and clinton camps is still there, you know. president obama and secretary clinton have managed to become friends and have a good working relationship, but president obama and president clinton having this anecdote, i can take him in doses, that's not helpful, john. i can only speak to what i experienced with him and president clinton, and i know that obviously when they first got to the white house, you know, things could have been strained from the campaign but i saw them get along quite well and when they were working, you know, they consulted together on the speech he gave at the democratic convention, towards the e
get it out ahead of time. >> in terms of the obama white house, they want to continue being vindictive and leaks, it's editor@weeklystandard.com. i would be happy. next time, bill clinton and president obama play golf, whichever each one -- whatever they each say when they -- >> i don't think there will be a next time. but there is also a 2016 manifestation to this. a democrat said something, hillary is probably going to run and if she does, the tension between the obama and clinton...
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sunday a senior white house aide insisted the president was told the website would work. >> the website repeatedly crashed in the first month and was down for repairs this weekend. a new poll shows 48% of americans surveyed believe the government has done a poor job of implementing the healthcare law. >> the website failures are absolutely inexcusable and we own that. the president has said that is on him and we owe it to the american people to fix it. >> the white house says the site will be fixed by the end of the month. republicans are skeptical. >> they are trying to change a tire on a car going 75 miles per hour down the expressway. >> even democrats want it taken down for repairs. >> i said this directly to the president's chief of staff. they ought to take down the website. >> reporter: americans are learning more about the new law. 55% of those polled say they now know enough to know how it impacts them. up 8% in the last month. >> the white house says by the middle of the month it will release numbers showing how many people have signed up for health coverage during the first m
sunday a senior white house aide insisted the president was told the website would work. >> the website repeatedly crashed in the first month and was down for repairs this weekend. a new poll shows 48% of americans surveyed believe the government has done a poor job of implementing the healthcare law. >> the website failures are absolutely inexcusable and we own that. the president has said that is on him and we owe it to the american people to fix it. >> the white house says...
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three years ago a trusted obama health care white house warned the white house it was losing control of aobama care. the warnings were dire and specific, and ultimately ignored. david cutler, who worked on the obama 2008 campaign and was a valued outside health care consultant wrote this blunt memo to top white house economic adviser larry summers in may 2010, "i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it out." he wrote "no one was in charge who had experience in any complex business startups" we worried basic regulations, technology and policy coordination would fail. >> you need to have the people who have understanding of the political process, people who understand how to work within an administration and people who understand how to build, start and build a business and unfortunately, they just didn't get all of those people together. >> reporter: the white house dismissed these and other warnings, it relied an a pointed bureaucrat and seepor health care advisers. fears from constant attacks from
three years ago a trusted obama health care white house warned the white house it was losing control of aobama care. the warnings were dire and specific, and ultimately ignored. david cutler, who worked on the obama 2008 campaign and was a valued outside health care consultant wrote this blunt memo to top white house economic adviser larry summers in may 2010, "i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it...
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the white house, and repair obama care, replace it, and put in place something that's going to do a better job for the american people. >> well, gee, that sounds like a great idea. wonder why nobody has tried that. we'll bring in dana milbank now, political columnist for "the washington post." dana, there's the solution. problem solved oh. let's elect some republicans and that will fix the affordable care act. >> i am sure republicans will appreciate that endorsement. they have tried that a couple times now, and they're trying it in virginia tomorrow. so far, the american people aren't going along with that plan. now, if these problems are real, and the problems with obama care are not fixed, that's an entirely different story. but i don't think it's an outright panic at this moment. >> one of the things that mitt romney did get right, dana, he is not in fact president of the united states. >> he's got that right. >> there is a new book that talks about the process he was going through called "double down," the game change sequel and claims that republican elders got so freaked out
the white house, and repair obama care, replace it, and put in place something that's going to do a better job for the american people. >> well, gee, that sounds like a great idea. wonder why nobody has tried that. we'll bring in dana milbank now, political columnist for "the washington post." dana, there's the solution. problem solved oh. let's elect some republicans and that will fix the affordable care act. >> i am sure republicans will appreciate that endorsement. they...
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what has the reaction been from the white house? >> during the election last year, this was certainly rumored. maybe more among pundits than it was from the campaign staff. but i think when you looked at how the president was, if you recall, there were moments where he certainly seemed to have lost some of the momentum of 2008, there was talk about how can we revive the excitement around his campaign. so it may have been discussed it. looks like the higher level folks are disagreeing over how seriously it was discussed. david plouffe was saying this is not something that we took to the president at all. bill daley certainly said it was tested. i think they were probably looking at all options, but probably was not that serious. they certainly stuck with joe biden and seemed to work fine. >> david, have a great monday. >>> and coming up, can dylan dreyer and richard lui will be here for first buzz, talking about an inspiring victory and a rare a celestial event. plus how far a man goes to skip out on a restaurant tab. my mantra? fami
what has the reaction been from the white house? >> during the election last year, this was certainly rumored. maybe more among pundits than it was from the campaign staff. but i think when you looked at how the president was, if you recall, there were moments where he certainly seemed to have lost some of the momentum of 2008, there was talk about how can we revive the excitement around his campaign. so it may have been discussed it. looks like the higher level folks are disagreeing over...
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number of obama officials from jay carney to david axelrod to former white house chief of staff, billing daelgy said they were just doing due diligence. the campaign, the obama world is famously data-driven. david axelrod said they did test it and it made no difference whatsoever. but they were just doing again their due diligence here. it was never a real possibility. and that it was never taken to president obama and obama officials say if they did take that to him, they would have been laughed out of the room, wolf. >> and you saw hillary clinton chuckle when i saw her about it. let's talk about another clinton, bill clinton. there's fascinating insight in the book as far as the supposed deal that the obama campaign, president obama made with bill clinton to campaign for him back in 2012. >> yeah, this was interesting. remember how much of an asset bill clinton was to the obama campaign. we all remember that speech in charlotte at the democratic national convention. the authors report there was an extended courtship effort behind the scenes from the obama campaign to get bill clinton
number of obama officials from jay carney to david axelrod to former white house chief of staff, billing daelgy said they were just doing due diligence. the campaign, the obama world is famously data-driven. david axelrod said they did test it and it made no difference whatsoever. but they were just doing again their due diligence here. it was never a real possibility. and that it was never taken to president obama and obama officials say if they did take that to him, they would have been...
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in 2012 he served as the white house chief of staff. for the past eight months, our nation has been very fortunate. from me personally when i first took this job as secretary of commerce check made me feel like such an injured toe part of the team, welcoming me with open arms with his powerful, humility, and gravitas. i will forever be grateful to him for that generosity. dedicated even-keeled, with smart, integrity. these are just a few of the many words used to describe jack. another word i am proud to call him his friend. ladies and gentlemen, to help us get started on the right foot with an overview of the united states economic performance and the importance of investing here, please welcome united states treasury secretary jack lew. [applause] >> thank you for that very kind introduction. it is great to be here with you this morning. i want to thank the commerce department for hosting the first select u.s.a. summit. i am here today with a simple message. we do not take investment in the united states for granted. we know it is imp
in 2012 he served as the white house chief of staff. for the past eight months, our nation has been very fortunate. from me personally when i first took this job as secretary of commerce check made me feel like such an injured toe part of the team, welcoming me with open arms with his powerful, humility, and gravitas. i will forever be grateful to him for that generosity. dedicated even-keeled, with smart, integrity. these are just a few of the many words used to describe jack. another word i...
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mcauliffe supporters are concerned about women's rights, voting rights and obama care. cuccinelli's crowd is a bunch of typical tea party crazies. joining me now for real talk panel, pulitzer prize winning national columnist, connie schultz, and also bill burton, former deputy white house press secretary and founder of co usa. connie, women's issues very big in this race. have women's issues in a gubernatorial race been so defined as they are here in virginia? >> as you know, you have been talking about virginia for quite some time. i've been covering it the last year-and-a-half, two years. there has been a lot going on to suppress women's rights there. i love what terry mcauliffe, who, let's be honest, he's not popular even with a lot of democrats. but i think the quinnipiac poll showed 30% of those voting for him are doing so because they dislike his opponent so much. he did say, i am a brick wall when it comes to women's abortion rights. he is going to protect those rights. he said he trusts women to make their own decisions for their own lives. considering this is i
mcauliffe supporters are concerned about women's rights, voting rights and obama care. cuccinelli's crowd is a bunch of typical tea party crazies. joining me now for real talk panel, pulitzer prize winning national columnist, connie schultz, and also bill burton, former deputy white house press secretary and founder of co usa. connie, women's issues very big in this race. have women's issues in a gubernatorial race been so defined as they are here in virginia? >> as you know, you have...
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obama/biden. now, when the results came back it showed it didn't help that much and didn't go forward. but it is sort of extraordinary. if you think about the white house chief of staff, the top advisers. it was a very small group that knew about this david plouffe, axelrod, the president's pollster. for that group of people to say, look, we need to take a look at this, even though they knew it was a long shot and there would be a downside. it was certainly part of the history of this administration. shows you as a data point, obama let cal family and clinton political family had come so far it was something they were willing to take a look at. they were right it didn't happen. they were right results didn't argue for going forward. make no mistake they looked at it because of the perilous political position the president found him in at that point. >> john, one of the points that's just fascinating you both bring up is the trip the president makes to his hometown chicago he's home, makes a rare t
obama/biden. now, when the results came back it showed it didn't help that much and didn't go forward. but it is sort of extraordinary. if you think about the white house chief of staff, the top advisers. it was a very small group that knew about this david plouffe, axelrod, the president's pollster. for that group of people to say, look, we need to take a look at this, even though they knew it was a long shot and there would be a downside. it was certainly part of the history of this...
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president obama welcoming his hometown hockey heroes the blackhawks to the white house for the second time since he became president. the blackhawks won the stanley cup 2013 and also visited in 2010. former republican charlie crist says next year he'll seek back to get the job he held, this time as a democrat. >> today, i announce that i am running for governor of florida. [ applause ] >> chris will seek to unseek florida's current republican governor rick scott and mike mishu of maine running for governor next year, announced he is gay. he made the announcement in an op-ed. a simple honest answer, yes, i am, but why should it matter? and those are the things we thought you should know. one in every four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. that is according to the federal government. an estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by their partner each year. the consequences of domestic violence involve choices that aren't always black and white, including whether to stay or leave an abusive relationship. among the many reasons why some women may
president obama welcoming his hometown hockey heroes the blackhawks to the white house for the second time since he became president. the blackhawks won the stanley cup 2013 and also visited in 2010. former republican charlie crist says next year he'll seek back to get the job he held, this time as a democrat. >> today, i announce that i am running for governor of florida. [ applause ] >> chris will seek to unseek florida's current republican governor rick scott and mike mishu of...
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they've never been able to accept a black man in the white house. then we see all these different manifestations of it. that's what's going on here. with all these different stories we're telling. it's part of the the same m.o. >> when you look at the fact that conservative republicans would say that the president's a muslim, he's not. 16% said it in october of 2008. by july of 2012, that number has jumped to 34%. the extreme rhetoric makes its way to average people who believe it. here's part of an interview -- let me show you this. here's part of an interview that jonathan capehart did in north carolina. listen to this. >> you don't think president obama loves this country. >> not at all. not one bit. not one breath that comes out of his body. >> what about the capture and killing of osama bin laden? >> i don't think that ever happened. there are so many people within his administration that are part of it. they are admitted members of the muslim brotherhood. >> who exactly? >> i don't remember their names. they're not english. >> that's the dange
they've never been able to accept a black man in the white house. then we see all these different manifestations of it. that's what's going on here. with all these different stories we're telling. it's part of the the same m.o. >> when you look at the fact that conservative republicans would say that the president's a muslim, he's not. 16% said it in october of 2008. by july of 2012, that number has jumped to 34%. the extreme rhetoric makes its way to average people who believe it. here's...
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senior white house correspondent brianna keilar is in washington on in. >> reporter: president obama actually pam pained for terri mcauliffe. that is taking place here tomorrow the, the governor's race here in virginia. but you're seeing him to focus on who will replace him in 2016. >> run, hillary, run. if you run, you'll win and we'll all win. >> reporter: an enthusiastic high profile endorsement at the annual jefferson-jackson dinner he pressed hillary clinton to run in 2016. >> it's time for a woman to be president. and so, tonight, here in iowa, and i won't get this opportunity again, i am urging hillary clinton to run for president. >> reporter: he's not alone. a group of 16 democratic women in the senate feel the same way. all of them signed a letter encouraging her to run. according to a democratic source who said kay hagen talked about the still to be released letter at a fund raising event last week. this last poll shows clinton with a huge lead. 65% of democrats chose her. the republican field is a little more crowded. chris christie, paul ryan, rand paul, jeb bush, marco
senior white house correspondent brianna keilar is in washington on in. >> reporter: president obama actually pam pained for terri mcauliffe. that is taking place here tomorrow the, the governor's race here in virginia. but you're seeing him to focus on who will replace him in 2016. >> run, hillary, run. if you run, you'll win and we'll all win. >> reporter: an enthusiastic high profile endorsement at the annual jefferson-jackson dinner he pressed hillary clinton to run in...
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. >>> the white house is launching a new effort to repair the image of the affordable care act. this week president obama will visit volunteers in dallas who are trying to sign up people for the health insurance. the healthcare.gov website repeatedly crashed into the first month and was even down for repairs this weekend. republicans are increasing calls now to delay change or end the health care reform plan. >> they are trying to change a tire on a car going 75 miles per hour down the expressway. >> the white house says by the middle of the month it will release numbers showing how many people signed up for health coverage during the first month of the enrollment period. officials say the numbers will be lower than what they had hoped for. >>> president obama is returning to the bay area at the end of this month. he is scheduled to appear november 25th at the san francisco jazz center. it's a fundraiser for two committees to help democratic candidates in house and senate races. it will be the president's first fundraising spring since june. >>> a san francisco park is about to
. >>> the white house is launching a new effort to repair the image of the affordable care act. this week president obama will visit volunteers in dallas who are trying to sign up people for the health insurance. the healthcare.gov website repeatedly crashed into the first month and was even down for repairs this weekend. republicans are increasing calls now to delay change or end the health care reform plan. >> they are trying to change a tire on a car going 75 miles per hour...
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earlier, to wait until just months after president obama's election. medicare's top risk analyst, it was the president's most significant domestic policy achievement and the very
earlier, to wait until just months after president obama's election. medicare's top risk analyst, it was the president's most significant domestic policy achievement and the very
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turns out that is not the easy fix that the white house suggested it 0 would be. president obama has repea( reassured frustrated consumers that they could easily bypass crash after crash on healthcare.gov by enrolling in other ways. >> in the meantime, you can apply for coverage over the phone, or by mail, or in person. >> reporter: he said enrolling over the phone is easy and quick. once you get on the phone with a trained representative, it usually takes about 25 minutes for an individual to apply for coverage, about 45 >> reporter: internal obama administration memosç obtained exclusively by abc news from republican congressional investigators show that applications over the phone have the very same problem as those on the website. why? they use the same computer system. determine eligibility no matter how the application is submitted, reads one memo. written by the team in charge of fixing the website. the memo describes filling out paper applications as basically the paper applications allow people to feel like they are moving forward, it reads. at the end
turns out that is not the easy fix that the white house suggested it 0 would be. president obama has repea( reassured frustrated consumers that they could easily bypass crash after crash on healthcare.gov by enrolling in other ways. >> in the meantime, you can apply for coverage over the phone, or by mail, or in person. >> reporter: he said enrolling over the phone is easy and quick. once you get on the phone with a trained representative, it usually takes about 25 minutes for an...
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our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is over at the white house with new details. what's the latest, jim? >> reporter: well, wolf, apple ceo tim cook got a lot of people's attention today with an op-ed in the "wall street journal" where he basically called for a law that bans workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians. now presidents obama is doing very much the same, calling on congress to make that sort of protection the law of the land. once an opponent of same sex marriage, president obama has evolved into a fierce advocate for gay rights. the latest example, a subject he touched on last june. >> we've got to end lgbt discrimination in the places where we work. >> reporter: now, with the senate taking up legislation to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender americans from job discrimination, the president is calling on republicans in congress to help send the bill to his desk. in a huffington-post-op-ed, the president said such unfair treatment is offensive, wrong, and needs to stop. who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offens
our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is over at the white house with new details. what's the latest, jim? >> reporter: well, wolf, apple ceo tim cook got a lot of people's attention today with an op-ed in the "wall street journal" where he basically called for a law that bans workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians. now presidents obama is doing very much the same, calling on congress to make that sort of protection the law of the land. once an opponent of...
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three years ago a trusted owebama health care white house warned the white house it was losing control of aobama care. the warnings were dire and specific, and ultimately ignored. david cutler, who worked on the obama 2008 campaign and was a valued outside health care consultant wrote this blunt memo to top white house economic adviser larry summers in may 2010, "i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it out." he wrote "no one was in charge who had experience in any complex business startups" we worried basic regulations, technology and policy coordination would fail. >> you need to have the people who have understanding of the political process, people who understand how to work within an administration and people who understand how to build, start and build a business and unfortunately, they just didn't get all of those people together. >> reporter: the white house dismissed these and other warnings, it relied an a pointed bureaucrat and seepor health care advisers. fears from constant attacks from
three years ago a trusted owebama health care white house warned the white house it was losing control of aobama care. the warnings were dire and specific, and ultimately ignored. david cutler, who worked on the obama 2008 campaign and was a valued outside health care consultant wrote this blunt memo to top white house economic adviser larry summers in may 2010, "i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it...
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"the washington post" reports in 2010 the white house was split on how to run the obama care exchanges. the president's top economic advisors including larry summers wanted a health reform zarqawi with health insurance experience and tech experience. but the president decided to stick with his political team after health advisors said they could handle the job. david cutler was warning that no one was quote up to the task and he told the post that they were running the biggest start up in the world and didn't have anyone who had run a start up or even a business. it's very hard to think of a situation where the people best at getting legislation passed are best at implementing it. yesterday, david axelrod defended the president on "meet the press." >> why did not you or somebody else say to him, mr. president, don't say no matter what you're going to keep your health care plan. was that bad practice? >> hindsight is 20/20. >> that's why you're there. >> there's a small group of people -- the vast majority much americans. the thing here is that the website wasn't up because many of thos
"the washington post" reports in 2010 the white house was split on how to run the obama care exchanges. the president's top economic advisors including larry summers wanted a health reform zarqawi with health insurance experience and tech experience. but the president decided to stick with his political team after health advisors said they could handle the job. david cutler was warning that no one was quote up to the task and he told the post that they were running the biggest start...
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. >> president obama has a blackberry. >> i hear he does. >> most of the white house uses a blackberry. this is going to be a huge concern for a lot of people across the globe. >> i'm pretty good at dictating now on the iphone. it works. >> yeah? >> put me in the training. >> angela merkel, by the way, uses a samsung. i don't know what that means. more accessible to the nsa, i don't know. so anyway, that's the news of the morning and that's going to be getting a lot of attention today in the markets. >>> let's talk about hudson's bay, the company is expected to complete the acquisition of retailer later today. >> reporter: good morning, becky. i'm here at saks fifth avenue in new york city with richard baker, the ceo of hudson's bay company. an early congratulations on the deal today. let's get started off with why saks. how important was real estate as we sit here and sort of the crown jewel of saks? >> well, saks was very important and relevant for us and something we worked on really since 2006 for three primary reasons. first, we had an opportunity to grow saks into canada, hudson
. >> president obama has a blackberry. >> i hear he does. >> most of the white house uses a blackberry. this is going to be a huge concern for a lot of people across the globe. >> i'm pretty good at dictating now on the iphone. it works. >> yeah? >> put me in the training. >> angela merkel, by the way, uses a samsung. i don't know what that means. more accessible to the nsa, i don't know. so anyway, that's the news of the morning and that's going to be...
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white house senator adviser daniel pfeiffer was asked if there are conditions under which president obama would consider clemency. >> none that have been discussed. none at all. >> the chatter about forgiveness has been sparked in this magazine, which published his manifesto for the truth in which he says he saw a positive reaction to the disclosure and wants the u.s. to stop treating him like a criminal. snowden says, quote, the people must fight against the suppression of information about issues of public significance. whoever speaks the truth is not a criminal. snowden's fate is one of the few areas these days where both parties seem to agree. >> if he wants to come back and own up to the responsibility of the fact that he took and stole information, he violated his oath. he disclosed classified information, that, by the way, has allowed three different terrorist organizations, affiliates of al qaeda to change the way they communicate, i'd be happy to have that discussion with him. >> reporter: for now, snowden stays in moscow. there has been discussion of him traveling to germany, bu
white house senator adviser daniel pfeiffer was asked if there are conditions under which president obama would consider clemency. >> none that have been discussed. none at all. >> the chatter about forgiveness has been sparked in this magazine, which published his manifesto for the truth in which he says he saw a positive reaction to the disclosure and wants the u.s. to stop treating him like a criminal. snowden says, quote, the people must fight against the suppression of...